Medazzaland es un álbum de Duran Duran, publicado en 1997 por Capitol Records. El disco incluye 12 canciones, entre ellas «Medazzaland», «Big Bang Generation», «Electric Barberella» y «Out Of My Mind».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum Medazzaland, de 1997, es una de las obras más oscuras, experimentales y subestimadas de la carrera de Duran Duran. Lanzado en un momento difícil para la banda, tras la marcha temporal del bajista John Taylor el disco es un trabajo liderado creativamente por Nick Rhodes y el guitarrista Warren Cuccurullo. Es una inmersión en la electrónica y el rock alternativo de los 90.
El sonido del álbum es denso, atmosférico y, a menudo, melancólico. La producción incorpora elementos del trip-hop, la música industrial y la electrónica ambiental, creando un paisaje sonoro muy diferente al de su pop característico. Es su disco menos comercial y más arriesgado.
La voz de Simon Le Bon es a menudo tratada con efectos, convirtiéndose en un instrumento más dentro de la mezcla. La canción que da título al disco es un ejemplo perfecto de esta dirección experimental. El sencillo "Electric Barbarella" es un homenaje al synth-pop más bailable.
Debido a problemas con la discográfica, el álbum no tuvo un lanzamiento adecuado en gran parte del mundo, lo que lo ha convertido en una pieza de culto para sus seguidores. 'Medazzaland' es un testimonio de la resiliencia de una banda que, incluso en sus momentos más difíciles, siguió creando música valiente e innovadora.
Listado de Canciones
- Medazzaland3:51
Letra
Oh, Medazzaland… Medazzaland… I have a problem they said they can solve Soon I won't speak I have no words left in me I dream in pictures but the sound is muted I have no way to understand what they say Into Medazzaland… People are starting to talk but I don't hear them anymore Now I can't see but I'm still able to think Do I have any feeling left? What are they saying about me? Do they really understand what's wrong? I feel their hands on my skin The time has come for them to begin I'm sinking deeper and deeper Into Medazzaland I can feel the scalpel on my skin it's cutting in deeper and deeper I'm in Medazzaland Oh Medazzaland… - Big Bang Generation4:45
Letra
Falling into space At the end of time Black as the black in your eyes Staring through a hole in the ozone There's nobody home To play back your answer phone Climax out of blue With just another high No there must be something new Now that I'm so alien Entering the atmosphere Don't know what is waiting here If there's nothing left to fear When they come to gather in The Big Bang Generation Teardrops in the sky Bursting my eye Sound of a morning sigh This life is stranger than fiction Surreal addiction It's all recognize Beating of the habit Losing control Where is it leading to? Now that I'm the alien Entering the atmosphere Don't know what is waiting here If there's nothing left to fear When we come to gather in The Big Bang Generation (Feel like I'm losing control) Big Bang Generation (Now all our heroes are gone?) (Feel like I'm losing control) Big Bang Generation (Feel like I'm losing it) Big Bang Generation We're gonna come together here Where are you coming from? When are we gonna burn out? Don't know Having so much fun Greetings from the Big Bang Generation Big Bang Generation Need you in the Big Bang Generation Together in the Big Bang Generation Together with the Big Bang Generation - Electric Barberella5:19
- Out Of My Mind4:20
Letra
Light a candle Lay flowers at the door For those who're left behind And the ones who've gone before Here it comes now Sure as silence follows rain The taste of you upon my lips The fingers in my brain Ever gentle as it kills me where I lay Who am I to resist? Who are you to fail? Got to get you out of my mind But I can't escape from the feeling As I try to leave the memory behind Without you what's left to believe in? Could be so sorry For the way it had to go But now I feel your presence In a way, I could not know And I wonder Do you ever feel the same? In whispering darkness Do you ever hear my name? Got to get you out of my mind But I can't escape from the feeling As I try to leave the memory behind Without you, what's left to believe in? (Here in the back of your mind) How can you dare to become so real When you're just a ghost to me And I've got to get you out of my mind But I can't escape from the feeling As I try to leave the memory behind Without you, what's left to believe in? Here in the back of your mind Deep in the back of your mind Here in the back of your mind Deep in the back of your mind - Who Do You Think You Are?3:29
Letra
I'm giving you the news Your domination's through You gave the best you got now I'm out on top If you're in any doubt, listen to me I've got a right to say If you know what it's all about Who do you think you are ? Don't want to be your enemy if I'm not the one you want me to be and I've got to do things the way that I do Always trying to control me Who do you think you are ? Our time on earth is running through (this is not a question of my pride) Sometimes I think it's a game to you (ever wonder how I feel inside ?) and sometimes I play along but man I've got a mind! You've got to live with yourself for the rest of your life Do you understand? Everybody asks themselves the question Who do you think you are ? Why do you feel ashamed when you can't explain the things I say to other people ? It's just occurred to me A possibility The thought that you might really want to be me… - Gilva Halo2:28
- Be My Icon5:10
Letra
I'll follow you I'll wait for you You know there's no escape from me You're more than wallpaper In my room I write you letters And bring you gifts I'm going through all your trash I love you so much I keep your cigarette butts Now is the time to come out Come out of the shadows No need to be scared You're gonna be so happy I built you a shrine Now you can be my icon I'm out on the edge There's no way back inside All my friends are gone They didn't understand me It makes so much sense It's no coincidence Just you and I alone here And I need you Oh How many hours have I stared at my face In the mirror I get worried sometimes that the image will shatter No need to be scared You're gonna be so happy I built you a shrine Now you can be my icon No need to be Scared Now you can Be My Icon I know this is real Believe it We belong together What ever happens You're gonna be with me Forever Be my icon You will be my icon Be my icon You will be my icon - Buried In The Sand4:20
Letra
Can't say that I was surprised When you broke the ties They were hangin by a thread But now I have realized It couldn't be the same Cause everything has changed And still I held out my hand Tried to pull you back But you were buried in the sand I'm glad that you came along But here our journey ends I say goodbye to you My very dear friend You were buried in the sand - Michael You've Got A Lot To Answer For4:09
- Midnight Sun3:42
Letra
As I watch you flickering slowly in the shadows, nothing to hold It's as if I don't recall our time before and would it be so wrong Not to remember? There are times I look at you differently like I've never seen you before Funny after all we've done you could be someone I don't know at all Don't know you at all Catch me I don't want to fall But you pull the mountain from under me look, I'm dangling up in the blue and it's a cartoon kind of eternity before I drop down to you What am I supposed to do now? There is something beautiful shining In the far off night of your hair Funny for a while it seemed to come from my sky but it's in your head Yes it fills your head You and I don't always fly let me go I want to fall deep into the dark but I'll come back to you And I'll always know how to find you 'cause you shine like the midnight sun… - So Long Suicide4:39
Letra
Rock a bye baby, it's time to break The habits that you fed sweet sorrow while the cherished dead Blow in my mouth every breath I take Although I need you I don't want to bleed for you So long suicide Going right out of sight, out of mind Leave me alone and abandoned Hello, I'm alive I'm loaded alive and I know In my bones I know what I'm good for Hello, I'm alive I'm loaded alive, yes I know In my bones I know what I'm doing I steal the beauty and I taste the hurt There's always time for pretty flowers growing in the dirt But time is your needle aimed to my heart and I must be hollow 'cause I can't follow there So long suicide Going right out of sight, out of mind Leaving me alone and abandoned Hello, I'm alive I'm loaded alive and I know In my bones I know what I'm good for Hello, I'm alive I'm loaded alive, yes I know In my bones I know what I'm doing I'm scared of being ordinary But I swear to live like anyone and you know it's hard to make it but life goes on? And after all the crash and swell we are just human And after all is said and done We're only human You're out of sight and out of mind I'm saying so long suicide The half dream shade of yesterday in bloom tomorrow? - Undergoing Treatment3:06
Letra
We are undergoing treatment watching others in the news studying our worst reviews They say we'll get over it Disappear like dinosaurs To the sound of small applause Resigned to the mid-price section If you see me walking in the garden don't ever ask me for an autograph If you ever catch me in the arcade Don't even stop me for a photograph We are undergoing treatment 'Til our ethic fits the scene laid out in "Q Magazine" They crave our conformity Mediocre to the bone Terrified testosterone But why do we still face the music ? If you see me walking in the garden don't ever ask me… Now and then you get the strangest notion that there's something missing but it keeps you guessing Wild ambition can you really blame us ? Can you entertain us ? Can you give a little more ? If you see me walking in the garden don't ever ask me for an autograph If you ever catch me in the arcade don't even stop me for a photograph We are undergoing treatment Will the doctors ever cure these delusions of grandeur?